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Prince Street (BMT Broadway Line)

 Prince Street
 "R" train"W" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Prince Street Platform.JPG
Station statistics
Address Prince Street & Broadway
New York, NY 10012
Borough Manhattan
Locale SoHo
Coordinates 40°43′27″N 73°59′52″W / 40.724202°N 73.997812°W / 40.724202; -73.997812Coordinates: 40°43′27″N 73°59′52″W / 40.724202°N 73.997812°W / 40.724202; -73.997812
Division B (BMT)
Line       BMT Broadway Line
Services       N weekends and late nights (weekends and late nights)
      Q late nights only (late nights only)
      R all except late nights (all except late nights)
      W weekdays only (weekdays only)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: M55, X27, X28
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened September 4, 1917; 100 years ago (September 4, 1917)
Station code 017
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 5,314,922 Decrease 1.3%
Rank 85 out of 422
Station succession
Next north Eighth Street–New York University: N weekends and late nightsQ late nights onlyR all except late nightsW weekdays only
Next south Canal Street (via Tunnel): N late nightsR all except late nightsW weekdays only
Canal Street (via Bridge): N weekends onlyQ late nights only

Prince Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the R train at all times except late nights, the W train on weekdays, the N train during late nights and weekends and the Q train during late nights.

Prince Street opened on September 4, 1917 as part of the first section of the BMT Broadway Line from Canal Street to 14th Street–Union Square. It has two side platforms and four tracks, the inner two of which are express tracks that do not serve the station. South of Prince Street, there are diamond crossovers between both directional pairs of local and express tracks. A punch box is located at the south end of the southbound platform to allow weekend N and late-night Q trains to cross the Manhattan Bridge.

In the late 1960s, New York City Transit extended the platforms for 10 car trains, and fixed the station's structure and the overall appearance. They replaced the original wall tiles, signs, and incandescent lighting with a 1970s style wall tile band and tablet mosaics, signs and fluorescent lights. It also fixed staircases and platform edges. In 2001, the station received a major overhaul. It included an upgrade of the station for ADA compliance and restoration of the original late 1910s tiling. New York City Transit repaired the staircases, re-tiled the walls, fitted new tiling on the floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, installing ADA yellow safety threads along the platform edge, new signs, and new trackbeds in both directions.


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